Swing in USA: Blue Prelude - Woody Herman’s Orch., 1940

Woody Herman & His Orchestra, Vocalist: Woody Herman - Blue Prelude (Jenkins - Bishop), Columbia 1940 (UK pressing; recorded in USA 1940) NOTE: Woody Herman - one of the greatest names in history of American swing, was a clarinetist, saxophonist, singer and big band leader. He lived actively and successfully through several eras of American jazz in the 20s Century: beginning in the mid 1930s with Tom Gerun’s and Harry Sosnik’s dance orchestras, through the Big Band era of the 1940/50s, and until the turn